Well John, going back to the original post on the other thread, TomTurkey wrote this: "I just received a Northern Tool catalog yesterday, was looking at the fuel transfer tanks and nearly everyone of them in bold print said "TANK IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE WITH GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMABLE FUELS". What is the hidden meaning behind this bold print." Isn't that what we're trying to understand here?
There are a lot of misconceptions out there, and a lot that happens that we never realize....UNTIL an accident happens. For example, my fears of people leaving their engines running at the pump -- is that still an issue nowdays with modern cars, modern pumps, etc? I'm not trying to turn the conversation in another direction, but like Tom, there's a lot about hauling "gasoline" that I don't know.
Diesel fuel is safer to haul than gas; is less flammable. Also, it's not as common these days for people to be wanting to haul moderate loads of gas to their home or farm....or bug-out shelter, whatever! *lol* Someone mentioned they take two or three 5-gal gas cans to the pumps and fill up. I've taken 4 in the back of the truck. ....Then again, we're 50 miles from town, don't go to town very often, and don't have a need to order hundreds of gallons at a time to be delivered.
All that said, I have thought many times about the possibility of building some sort of small gas hauler or something. What stops me is knowing that at any time, something "could" go horribly wrong. I grew up with the learnin' that I should always think through my actions, and consider how what I do could affect other people. Even if I'm not the cause of an accident and did NOTHING wrong, there's always the chance of a drunk driver, someone on their smart phone, or some other scenario that prevents me from even taking certain chances.
Add to that how my life is limited in knowledge and experience, and we have the makings of a first-class thread. It's still tractor-related, as many of these older tractors run on gas, and hold a lot more than one or two 5-gal cans of gas, YET are not used enough anymore to justify buying in bulk. So, I'd like to hear the thoughts of others out there, learn more on the regs of hauling gasoline, others' experiences, etc. I'll never (!!!) make a transport trailer specifically for hauling gas, and will most likely just stick with taking 4 or 5 cans at a time to town. Still, I strap them in place and, as our truck has a fiberglass bed cap, they are also shielded from Summer heat. ...But how safe am I being, really?!?!? I would 'like' to think very safe, or at least very cautious. Then again, what happens if some yahoo runs us off the road or we hit glare ice and things go from bad to worse?
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